TexLUG was delighted to discover LEGO decided to open Texas' first LEGO store in Houston. They opened a few weeks ago, but they didn't have their Grand Opening festivities until this past weekend. To celebrate, the public was invited to help build a giant Yoda sculpture, and TexLUG was asked to help out. Here are my pictures from the event:

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LEGO also created an exclusive commemorative LEGO set, a neat Space Shuttle Orbiter, which was given away at random intervals. A commemorative T-Shirt was also given out (thumbnail to the above link).

--Tony

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I find it hard to believe that a smaller market like Portland Oregon has had a Lego store for, what? Three years or so? While the 4th largest city in the US (Houston) only just got one. I wonder why they chose to do that? Arizona just got one as well right? Well, enjoy! The PaB is what really makes it. My club (the GPLR) has a member who is now an employee, and we are very involved with the activities such as the Window on the Community.

Men who lie, merely hide the truth; but men who tell half-lies, have forgotten where they put it--Samuel Clemens

I find it hard to believe that a smaller market like Portland Oregon has had a Lego store for, what? Three years or so? While the 4th largest city in the US (Houston) only just got one. I wonder why they chose to do that?

I don't entirely understand Lego's logic either.

They have two stores in Massachusetts 40 minutes apart from one another, but absolutely nothing in New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine. They used to have two stores a few minutes apart, but they closed one of those. A Burlington/Williston, VT store would be more convenient for people from northern New York to Maine and even up into Montreal, Canada.